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An artificial satellite of mass m is moving along an elliptical path around the earth. The areal velocity of the satellite is proportional to

  1. A m
  2. B m-1
  3. C m0
  4. D m12
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(C) m0

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The areal velocity of the satellite does not depend on the mass of satellite. It only depends on area traveled per second, dAdt=L2m=mvrsinθ2m=vrsinθ2
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